Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-30
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The Nevada Commercial Travellers liz
cense Act to be esteo.
SAN Francisco, April 29th.-[Special. i
IL. L. Smith, Secretary OF the Board Of
Trade, issued a circular to the members,
requesting :" all who employ travellers Tor
the State OF Nevada to meet at the Board
OF Trade ROOMS 10 consider the question of
license. In RESPONSE, representatives from
several of the leading mercantile houses
attended. George II. Sanderson, President
OF the Board, sad the meeting had been
called for the purpose of considering the
following letter from the Sacramento Board
of Trade. The letter reads:
SACRAMENTO, April 90 1887.
H. l.. Smith, Esq, Secretary San Francisco Board
Of 1fade-LEAR SIR AT Il meeting of our Direct
ors held last week was directed 10 write you
regarding the question of commercial travellers
licenses in the State of Nevada and TO ask the
cooperation OF your Board in our endeavors to
defeat the imposition OF excessive taxes now
imposed by that State upon representatives of
business houses in Sacramento and San Fran
cisco: and was also directed TO ask you what,
if any, action your Board has taken in the mat
ter, and If you have not yet taken any, whether
you propose to do So Our members are under
the impression that the recent decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States declares as
unconstitutional the imposing in one State of
tax upon citizens of another Tor soliciting trade
and patronage. At any rate, they think that the
sums eXacted by the Nevada officials from trav-
elers for our business houses are Illegal eXorbi-
tant and eXtortionate, and that they are not
war; anted by any law, and can be honestly and
lie gally avoided. Accordingly, advise you of
these matters with the request that you, at your
earliest convenience. bring the matter before
such of your people us may be interested, and
let our Board know your intentions Very truly
yours, ALBERT w. JOHNSON,
Secretary Sacramento Board of Trade.
The President said his idea was that
those interested in Nevada trade, whether
they were members of the Board or not,
should organize with the Commercial Ira
velers' Association, and draw up articles
by which a pro rata would be agreed on to
bear the expense of testing the legality of
the State and county taxes on commercial
travellers doing business in Nevada.
One member said he travelled in Nevada,
and had paid his 800 for license. The
only way to decide the matter was for some
traveller to refuse to pay the license, get ar
rested, and be brought up on writ of
habeas corpus, which would then cause the
question TO be decided. A test case like
that, he suggested, was the only possible
way of legally settling the matter.
The President agreed that test case was
the only solution of the difficulty He
added that he had received from the Pres
ident of the Commercial Travellers Associ-
alton copy of the recent decision on the
question in Tennessee, in which the action
of the State in imposing tax was held 10
be unconstitutional
After some desultory discussion, it was
agreed that President Sanderson should
call meeting of all San Francisco mer-
chants who paid licenses for their travellers
in Nevada, as well as all members of the
Board of Trade, whether they do business
in that State or not. Action will be then
taken in cooperation with the Sacramento
Board. Secretary Smith was directed to
communicate this arrangement to the Sec
retary of the Sacramento Board of Trade.